India, March 4 -- In a setback to the INDIA bloc, comprising the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress, the BJP won both the senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor seats in Chandigarh on Monday.

BJP's Kuljeet Singh Sandhu won the elections for senior deputy mayor of Chandigarh, securing 19 votes. He defeated INDIA bloc candidate Gurpreet Singh Gabi, who got 16 votes. One vote was declared invalid.

Rajendra Kumar Sharma won the deputy mayor post, getting 19 votes, while the INDIA bloc's Nirmala Devi secured 17 votes.

In the 35-member Chandigarh Municipal Corporation, the BJP had 14 seats but its strength was boosted on February 19 when three Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillors joined it.

The three former AAP councillors are Punam Devi, Neha Mus...